Another clear blue sky morning after a frost overnight. Hey, we have a propane heater to turn on when we get up and a down comforter on the bed. And by the time we are on the road the temperature has warmed up to fleece jacket conditions. We headed south out of the park today but stopped at West Thumb Basin for our daily fix of steaming pools, this time right next to Yellowstone Lake. Hard to imagine that steaming pools could be so diverse in colour, depth, location. There were two limestone cones bubbling with hot water right in the [View Full Entry]

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Climber/Author Mark Twight asserts in his book “Extreme Alpinism” that suffering may be a by-product in many aspects of climbing and indeed recreation in general but in alpinism it is the goal in itself. I would not agree on hundred percent with this statement but then again who the hell am I and what the hell do I know. On the other hand I like this idea in that it validates the time we just spent in the Wind River Range as a raging success… Sunday saw us throwing our worldly possessions into the back of my Civic, not knowing or [View Full Entry]

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Various photos around Jackson and the Grand Teton Area. We saw a bear, elk, moose and various other wildlife. [View Full Entry]

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We havent had any post lately due to no cell service or internet availability. Sorry. The joy of being FREE. We left Jackson around 10 AM and headed for Yellowstone through Grand Teton NP. A great drive. You can see an almost complete family shot by Lake Jackson at Coltier Bay. Fishing Bridge Campground was not so nice but had full hookups and supposedly bears so I guess it was worth it. [View Full Entry]

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We went looking for Bison and lo and behold!! [View Full Entry]

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We decided to rent ATV's instead of horse back riding since we are all scared of horses. What a blast! Tom almost wiped out twice, once with Brendan and once with out. Some really nice scenes along the trail [View Full Entry]

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So, the weather here in Grand Teton is very unpredictable - it can be sunny one day and then freezing the next. My first few weeks here were characterized by clouds, rain, and snow. It was a bit rough - I could hardly go outside and half the time the mountains were shrouded in clouds. Then, we had a few days of sunshine that gave me hope that I would at some point in my life actually develop something resembling a tan. That hope was shortlived, as just a couple days later it snowed. In June. In the middle of June. [View Full Entry]

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Ever gone on one of those trips where you look back and go, “Wow, that was seriously one awesome trip!” ? Well this was one of them. We took six days and did a road trip down to Jackson, Wyoming, USA, home of the Jackson Hole Ski Resort and the Teton Mountain Range. We took advantage of an above average year for snowfall and completely fluked out with a big dump followed by 3 perfect days of splitter blue sunshine. After skiing the impressive ski resort for a day (at $80 a pop), we hit the surrounding backcountry. Teton Pass has [View Full Entry]

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Onaxthiel writes: I went down to the beach before the sunrise to get some shots. I got to see some of the female elk swimming around while their male bellowed from the shore. As soon as we could start on the trip out, we did. Having an 11-12 mile hike to complete in time to get down to the Grand Tetons and get a room to refit puts a bit of pressure on to get moving. This time passing the geyser, it was shooting pretty high every few minutes, so we stuck around for a few pictures and some video. The [View Full Entry]

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Amanda again. So today we met for breakfast at 7am. Is this vacation? It was a gorgeous morning. The view from the Granary over to the Tetons is amazing. There were clouds hanging low through the valley, and once again, it is just nothing like being at home. After breakfast, we were off to Jenny Lake to take a boat across and take a hike. My mom wanted to go a 14-mile hike. We made it about 4. Now granted, a large part of that was incredibly steep up a rocky climb. But let’s just say Dave and I never tho [View Full Entry]

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